[Mike Darancette]

This Ebbert guy doesn't appear in the time line at all. His statement, if given to the responders would explain why the break was played down early.

[Cboldt]

This Ebbert guy doesn't appear in the time line at all. His statement, if given to the responders would explain why the break was played down early.

Yup. And here is another fun fact, NAGIN SAID THE LEVEES WOULD BREAK.

New Orleans Mayor, Louisiana Governor Hold Press Conference
Aired August 28, 2005 - 10:00 ET

MAYOR RAY NAGIN, NEW ORLEANS: ... storm is intensifying, and is still pointed toward New Orleans, and there's not a meteorologist or an expert that I have talked to that says that this storm will not impact New Orleans in a major way. ...

The storm is now a Cat 5, a Category 5, as I appreciate it, with sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, with wind gusts of 190 miles per hour.

The storm surge most likely will topple our levy system. So we are preparing to deal with that also. So that's why we're ordering a mandatory evacuation.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/28/bn.04.html